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Is ‘Social Cooperation’ for traditional irrigation, while ‘Technology’ is for motor pump irrigation?

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Title Is ‘Social Cooperation’ for traditional irrigation, while ‘Technology’ is for motor pump irrigation?
 
Creator Dessalegn, Mengistu
Merrey, Douglas J.
 
Subject social aspects
cooperation
traditional farming
small scale farming
irrigation schemes
irrigation methods
agriculture
technology
pumps
rural areas
poverty
productivity
groundwater
water resources
farmers
rivers
case studies
 
Description Based on a case study in Ethiopia, this paper shows that while farmers understand the social nature of community-managed irrigation, they share a narrow understanding of pump irrigation with policymakers as being primarily ‘technical’. They perceive pumps as liberating them from the ‘social’ limitations of traditional communal irrigation. However, the rapid expansion of pump irrigation is leading to increasing competition and conflict over limited water resources. We analyze the wider implications for Africa of this lack of visibility of the social dimension of pump irrigation, and offer suggestions for future policy and applied research to address the problem before it becomes a widespread crisis.
 
Date 2014
2015-04-30T13:44:10Z
2015-04-30T13:44:10Z
 
Type Report
 
Identifier Dessalegn, Mengistu [IWMI]; Merrey, D. J.; 2014. Is ‘Social Cooperation’ for traditional irrigation, while ‘Technology’ is for motor pump irrigation?. Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute (IWMI). 37p. (IWMI Research Report 161) 10.5337/2015.201
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/65358
https://www.iwmi.cgiar.org/Publications/IWMI_Research_Reports/PDF/pub161/rr161.pdf
https://doi.org/10.5337/2015.201
 
Language en
 
Rights Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher International Water Management Institute